Meanwhile, the Hanoi’s HNX-Index of the smaller bourse in the north revitalized 1.51 percent, or 1.13 points, to finish at 76.01 points. Trading on the northern floor fell by 19 percent in volume and 14 percent in value over the previous day as nearly 38 million shares changed hands at a value of VND439.49 billion.

The UPCoM-Index of unlisted shares also regained 0.41 percent, or 0.13 points, to 31.62 points. A total of 212,100 shares changed hands at a value of VND1.22 billion at 2 pm local time.